no recuperamos el dinero robadowe didn't get the stolen money back;we didn't recover the stolen money (formal);nunca recuperarás lo que te gastas en loteríayou'll never get back what you spend on the lottery

el país comienza a recuperar la normalidadthe country is beginning to return to normality;al verte recuperó la sonrisathe smile came back o returned to her face when she saw you;el dólar recupera posicionesthe dollar is recovering;nunca recuperó la memoriashe never got her memory back;she never regained o recovered her memory

[+clase, día]to make up

ayer trabajaron el doble para recuperar el tiempo perdidothey worked double time yesterday to make up the time lost;esta clase tendremos que recuperarlawe'll have to make up this class

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